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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Menopause brings astir important changes for women. For some, it tin instrumentality spot quickly. Others whitethorn acquisition symptoms for years.
MedWatch big Brent Cannon sat down for a one-on-one Q&A with Doctor Lura Reddington, a Gynecologist with Community Health Partners to benignant information from fiction.
Q: Cannon
Menopause lone happens aft 40?
A: Reddington
Menopause typically tin hap aft 40, but it's astir apt much communal erstwhile you're successful your fifties. But you mightiness commencement processing immoderate symptoms during that decennary betwixt 40 and 50.
Q: Cannon
Another one. Menopausal symptoms don't past precise long. True oregon false?
A: Reddington
I would accidental false. The diligent I saw yesterday was successful her 70s and she's inactive having menopausal symptoms. We cognize that the bulk of women, if they spell done a play of time, astir of their symptoms volition lessen oregon spell away. But it's not existent for everyone. There's astir apt 15 to 25% of women that volition ever person warmth, blistery flashes and nighttime sweats, and we each acquisition it differently.
Q: Cannon
Let's speech astir different one. Only terrible symptoms request to beryllium treated?
A: Reddington
I disagree due to the fact that if I'm bothered by 3 blistery flashes a time and can't bash what I privation to do, wherefore americium I being penalized conscionable due to the fact that idiosyncratic other has 10 blistery flashes a day? I deliberation we request to look astatine each idiosyncratic arsenic an individual.
Q: Cannon
Is hormone therapy dangerous?
A: Reddington
For definite situations, it tin be. There's interest that it increases your hazard of bosom cancer. I don't judge powerfully that it does. But determination is bosom crab diagnoses retired determination and they don't person immoderate hormone receptors. So hormones don't marque you get bosom cancer.
Q: Cannon
Here's different one. Does menopause marque you summation weight, marque you much irritable, marque you forgetful, anxious oregon depressed?
A: Reddington
The emblematic pistillate going done menopause tin summation up to 20 pounds oregon more, which is precise disappointing. But I deliberation that whether it's value summation oregon forgetfulness oregon slump oregon sadness, we person to measure them and dainty them based connected what they're telling america erstwhile they travel successful for a visit. I deliberation we request to marque definite that you're seeing a qualified doc that understands and knows what the benefits are of whether oregon not we dainty with hormones oregon whether oregon not we dainty with non-hormonal therapy, due to the fact that determination are antithetic avenues that you tin research to alleviate immoderate of your symptoms.
Q: Cannon
Would it beryllium harmless to accidental that this is going to beryllium an ongoing process?
A: Reddington
I deliberation that's a truly close mode of looking astatine it, due to the fact that nary substance what, arsenic we spell done life, we alteration what we were at. 30 is not the aforesaid arsenic what we are astatine 40 oregon 50. So if you person a household past of crab oregon bosom illness and that develops, you know, 5 to 10 years aft menopause, you request to measure the bosom illness and spot however is that being affected by menopause versus you being connected hormones? Do you request to travel disconnected of hormones? We haven't truly broached osteoporosis. It needs to beryllium evaluated. And I archer patients they're like, well, I was fine, can't I conscionable get a renewal connected my meds? I say, 'No. I similar to spot you erstwhile a twelvemonth truthful that I tin reevaluate what's going connected successful your beingness and whether oregon not there's caller accusation retired that I should amended you with and fto you cognize about.'
Q: Cannon
So they're not lone changing, but adjacent the aesculapian assemblage is changing and getting much information.
A: Reddington
That is correct. We're ever getting caller information. We're ever trying to strive for amended and much close ways of caring for our patients.
